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Gunner DAVID DOWNIE WEIR

Service Number: 40358
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

16th Siege Bty.

Date of Death

Died 08 August 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ADELAIDE CEMETERY, VILLERS-BRETONNEUX

I. D. 6.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Jessie Weir, of 17, Ogilvie Rd., Dundee.
  • Personal Inscription A SILENT THOUGHT A HIDDEN TEAR KEEP HIS MEMORY EVER DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

ADELAIDE CEMETERY, VILLERS-BRETONNEUX
Somme France
Number of casualties: 960
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